Stamp mount



May 23, 1950 i H. BRODSKY STAMP MOUNT Filed Se pt. 4, 1947 4 AGE yIllllllzlllllllllllllllllll VIII 1111',

INVENTOR v HARRY Bannsrw ATTORNEY Patented May 23, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STAMP MOUNT Harry Brodsk-y, Philadelphia, Pa. Application "September i, 1947, Serial No. 772,100 t-claims. (o1. in -1'59) .1 This ihvehtien relates to stamp display mounts wherein the entire race *of the stamp is visible and wherein the stamp will be pretect'ed in an album.

l-Ieretofore, in mounting stamps for display in album it has been the practice to do so by means or gummed paper hinges or by means of transparent envelopes. When the hinge is used, one half of it is attached to the album page and the other half to an edge portion of the stamp. With this-arrangement the stamp-is secure-d only along an edge thereof by a small piece of paper and is diflicult to keep --in alignment to present a neat appearance. Furthermore, since the stamps may extend upwardly about their hinged edges they are often unintentionally folded vover upon themselves and creased between the closing pages of anal-burn. Also, when these stamps are removed from the album there is the objection that a portion of "the hinge is permanently attached thereto, the removal of which often results in damage to the stamp.

When a transparent envelope is'used to-mount a stamp, it is'customarily attached aln'g 'the rear face thereof to the album .page in such manner as to "normally require the use of tweezers on the stamp to insert or 'to remove the same therefrom. This -method of mounting the stamps often results in injur'ythereto when the serrated stamp edges eaten upon the open edges or the flap 'of the em'rel'o'p'e. Furthermore, the envelopes so mounted often obscure the printed matter usually provided in the albums within the space set aside for the mounting. In addition, the stamp being -loosewithin the envelope is free to shift relatively thereto and consequently it is diflicult to maintain the stamps so mounted in alignment to pre's'nt a neat-appearing album.

Accordingly, it is an object of "this invention to provide a-quadrangular'shaped stamp mount comprising a transparent renitent face member and a suitably -c'o'lo'red non-transparent backing member secured together "in flat superimposed relation only along edge portions-of the opposed inner faces-thereof,'such stamp mount being of such character, design and function as to permit the entire face of thestamp-to be-visible within a framing border and maintain the stamp in the position in which it is originally placed therein.-

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a stamp mount as described with means to attach the same to an album :along the-rear face of the "backing inember at an e dge portion which "is opposite --to the edge portion thereof secured to the face "member, -whereby when the inou-nt is raised -ab'eut the attached edge portion of its backing member to view the gather with the blflliilbive transparent r .2 printed matter beneath the same, the stamp, to-

.. m member of the-mount, 's ifts substantially in own plane and so remains disposed in relatively flat condition.

Other obj ects and advantages nf invention will appear more hereinafter, it being understood that the ipresent' invention consists substantially in the construction, 'mmbination, location and relative arrangement :or parts, an as will Abe "more fully hereinafter forth, as shown in the accompanymg @drawings, and -as finally pointed nut in the appended iilaims.

In the drawings- Figure A :a front view s'howingtseveml stamp mounts on :a portion at an sebum :page, Jone ref the m'oun-ts being in raised 'pnsi' ti'on andizanether having a portion for the trace "member 'cthereef broken away;

Figure 2 is a sectional mew taken eon sli ne 12-42 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 :is a view smnar to that shown in Figure 12. 1am; with :the mount raised about :its fixed edge;

"Figure A is an enlarged sectional view of a "detail staken on 'l-irie dd 'iof 1;;

Figure a5 is an ienlatged sectional view 20i la detail taken oniline 5- 5 Figure-a1;

Figure 6 lis a perspective showing the mount :inrstr-ip form; :and

l ZF igur-e i7 is sarseetionral View taken on aline :of Maui-e 6.

The 'stamp :mount of the present dnvention comprises two similarly shaped quadrangular pieces ofsheetamateriazl of which one ?is a transiparen-t renitent :tace :member rand the ether ,2, dark colored l'non transparent hacking rmem-ber, secured together 'in :iiat superimposed nzelation only along icorresp'ending :edge portions ot athe oplposed inners-faces thereof. ris-adapted to (be mounted upon an album, page shy :be'ing'lattache'd thereto along the rear face of the rbacking member :-at :the edge .sportion which is :oppo site 'to the edge sportion secured to ethe :faee member.

:As. shown in the drawing-s, ithe stamp amount is made of a suitably colored "nnh transparent quadrangular shapedibaeleingrm'ember lll 'of 'sheet material, rprefer ably i -heavy paper 101' Blight-weight cardboard, :and inf-1.3, similarly 'shaped i renitent transparent "fface member If, also ofisheet material preferably cellophanemr: other transparent plastic lmateria havinginenitent mharaeteristies, the two members bei ngseeurea together "in "tlait superimposed relation (see Figure 7) eril ylalon'g the bottom edge portions lrrzidf tlie opposed inner races' -thereef byanysrutsb1e rneens;such

3 or cement l3. The backing member Ill of the mount is preferably of a color of such contrast with that of the stamp that when a stamp, such as It, is displayed therein that portion of the member in not covered by the stamp will provide a contrasting framing border l5 around the same visible through the transparent face member H.

The stamp mount is-adapted to be mounted upon an album page Hi by being attached thereto along the rear face of the backing member H] at upper edge portion i1 thereof by any suitable means, such as glue or cement [8 applied thereto. It will be noted that the edge portion l2 of the mount is freely disposed relatively to the album page.

A stamp may be placed in the mount, preferably after the same has been attached to an album page, by first springing the face member H away from the backing member in along the secured edge portions thereof and then inserting the stamp therebetween by hand or with the aid of tweezers so that the stamp is centered within the mount with its lower edge frictionally secured between the joined lower edges of the members It and I l. Thus, when the face member H is permitted to spring back toward the backing sheet the stamp will be held securely therebetween with an edge portion thereof wedged tightly between the inner faces of the mount members adjacent the edge portions l2 thereof. In this manner the stamps will remain in the mounts in the position they are originally placed therein so that it becomes an easy matter to permanently align the stamps to present a neat appearing album. It is to be noted that the mount is open along three edges thereof so that when the face member II is sprung away from the backing member N] there is free unrestricted access to the space therebetween.

If it should be desired to raise an attached mount and inserted stamp to inspect the album beneath the same, as is shown to the right of Figure 1, this can readily be done by lifting the edge 12 of the mount and raising the same about the attached edge H of the backing, as shown in Figure 3. In this position of the mount, while the backing member in is adapted to be curved or bent, the face member H, being renitent, separates from the backing sheet and slides along the album page together with the stamp so that in the raised position of the mount, while the backing member ID is bent, the transparent face sheet I l and the stamp are in relatively flat disposition. This is so because the mount is open along three edges thereof permitting relative movement between the members and because the face member is of such relatively stiff material as to provide an adequate supporting surface for the stamp along which it may shift substantially in its own plane.

In the manufacture of the mount shown herein the same may be made of long continuous strips of suitable materials, as shown in Figure 6, with the transparent face and opaque back members secured together along edge portions thereof as described, such strip being adapted to be severed along dotted lines l9 to provide individual stamp mounts of any desired size. It may also be desirable to manufacture the mount in the strip form shown in Figure 6 for the purpose of having a single lengthwise extending strip mount wherein a number of stamps may be displayed alongside each other- It will be obvious that I have provided an improved economical transparent type stamp 4 mount which i attachable to an album page and within which one or more stamps may readily be placed for safe and attractive display of the same.

It is to be understood that various arrange-- ments and modifications other than that de= scribed above may be devised, and yet come within the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, it i the intention that the appended claims be construed broadly to cover such alternative arrangements and modifications.

What is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A stamp mount adapted to be secured to a supporting album page or the like comprising in unitary assembly a substantially rectangular shaped transparent renitent face member and a like shaped non-transparent backing member arranged in flat superimposed relation and secured together along single corresponding edges thereof by an intervening film of adhesive applied marginally along said secured edges, said mount being adapted to receive a stamp between said members and to wedge the same in position therebetween.

2. A stamp mount comprising a substantially rectangular shaped transparent renitent face member of relatively stiff sheet material, and a like shaped non-transparent backing member of relatively stifl sheet material, said members being arranged in flat super-imposed position one upon the other with their corresponding marginal edges in substantial registry and secured together along corresponding single edges thereof by an intervening film of adhesive applied marginally along said secured edges, said mount being adapted to receive a stamp between said members to wedge the same in position therebetween, and means for securely attaching said mount to an album page along an edge of said backing member opposite that secured to the facing member whereby the secured edges of said mount are disposed freely with respect to said album page.

3. A stamp mount comprising in unitary assembly a substantially rectangular shaped transparent renitent face member and a like shaped nontransparent backing member disposed in fiat superimposed relation with their corresponding marginal edges in substantial registry, a film of adhesive material disposed between marginal portions of corresponding single edges only of said superimposed members to secure the same together along said edges and provide a stamp pocket open on three sides thereof, said pocket being adapted to receive a stamp therein with one edge thereof wedged between the marginally secured portions of the stamp pocket, the backing member of this mount being adapted to be hinged to an album page along the edge thereof which is opposite that secured to said face member so that the body of said mount may be lifted from the album page without disturbing the fiat-wise disposition of the face member and of the stamp protected thereby.

HARRY BRODSKY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Herman Oct. 7. 1941 

